Humanitarian procurement is a critical function handling over €20 billion annually. Despite its pivotal role in aid delivery, it remains under-recognised and under-invested.
This briefing paper produced by hulo and the IAPG outlines some of the main strategic challenges in procurement which prevent enhanced efficiencies and detrimentally impact humanitarian aid delivery.
Key Challenges
- Compliance and Regulatory Complexity
- Structural and Resourcing Challenges
- Barriers to collaboration
- Ineffective risk and control frameworks
- Sustainability potential untapped
The HO community has significant potential to realise procurement efficiencies, be that efficiencies in process, in control frameworks and compliance, in resource pooling and collaboration, or structural evolutions. The institutional donor community is critical to unlocking those efficiencies, and to driving, and demanding the change.
